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Ms. Dupuis expresses her satisfaction with the career she had in the military and realizes how lucky we are as Canadians.
Natacha Dupuis
Natacha Dupuis est née en 1979 à Longueuil, au Québec. Elle a depuis un jeune âge démontré un intérêt envers la vie militaire. À 18 ans, elle s’enrôle dans la réserve avec les blindés. Elle déménage pour joindre le British Columbia Regiment. Elle accepte ensuite de joindre la Force régulière avec les Royal Canadian Dragoons où elle s’entraîne sur les chars Leopard et ensuite sur le véhicule Coyote. Madame Dupuis a été déployée en Bosnie et deux fois en Afghanistan.
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When I think back to my boot camp maybe we started fifty and we finished like twenty but if this is what they want to do then do it! I know this is what I wanted to do and I wanted to serve my country so no, I encourage anybody that wants to join the military to do it if that’s what they want to do.
Interviewer: And knowing that that’s what you did want to do and you certainly followed through on that, do you have any regrets?
No regrets. No. I look back to my career and I’m really proud of everything I did. I had lots of fun, lots of difficult times too but lots of fun, you know, with all the comrades that I made in the forces so I don’t regret nothing. We’re lucky in Canada. Canadians are lucky because it’s not that easy everywhere. Having seen other countries in need, we’re lucky. We are very fortunate to have everything that we have and being able to go wherever we want to go without me thinking am I going to get killed today or stuff like that, going to school. You know countries like Afghanistan, little girls that go to school but they’re always in danger because of the insurgents and stuff like that so that’s the message I like to pass on is enjoy it because we’re lucky.